She had just dozed off when her phone rang and a text message came in.
She picked it up listlessly and saw that it was sent from an unfamiliar number. The content was also a bit strange, with only four words: "Egg against stone."
Mu Hanxia was a little stunned and typed, "Who are you?"
After a while, the man replied, "It's me."
Mu Hanxia held her phone, and a strange intuition welled up in her heart. Such a cold tone only reminded her of one person... Moreover, she had left her address and phone number with the police on the nite of the car accident. Since Lin Mocheng could find her workplace, it was not surprising that he had her phone number.
She replied: "I don't know what you're talking about."
Lin Mocheng only replied with one word: "Pretend."
Mu Hanxia had a vague feeling of what he was talking about. But looking at the text message he sent, she didn't know why, but she had an impulse to laugh. So she replied, "What, you want to bite me?"
He didn't reply again.
Mu Hanxia waited for a while, then put her phone back in her pocket and continued to sleep next to the pile of goods.
It was two days later that Mu Hanxia saw Meng Gang again.
The morning was clear and fog-free, cool and pleasant. Mu Hanxia had just run to the edge of the sports field when she saw Meng Gang still standing by the exercise equipment from that day, working on his arm strength.
Mu Hanxia ran over and said, "President Meng, good morning!"
Meng Gang paused, turned around and saw her. The busyness of the past few days seemed to have left no trace of fatigue on his face. Under his sword-like eyebrows, there was a smile in his eyes: "Good morning, Hanxia."
The sunlight slowly covered the entire sports field, and the sky became completely bright.
The two of them quickly finished their ten laps. Meng Gang led her to sit down and rest at the same place as last time.
Mu Hanxia took out a towel to wipe the sweat from her face. She had a smile on her face all the time, and she was not so afraid of Meng Gang. Compared to before, she felt more admiration for him. She didn't know what to talk to him about, but just sat beside him, looking ahead with a peaceful mood.
Meng Gang looked at her beautiful profile without showing any emotion, and asked with a smile, "Why haven't you come to run these days?"
"Oh, I've been too busy these days," Mu Hanxia answered.
This is a very powerful excuse. Meng Gang nodded, but there was always a smile in his eyes, and he didn't know if he believed it. "This big promotion was done under your reminder." He added, "I will remember your contribution. "But you've only just arrived at the marketing department, and you were promoted over the heads of others. It's not good for you to be too sharp, so I didn't publicly commend you."
Mu Hanxia was really touched by these words and said, "President Meng, thank you. I don't really care about the reward. It's good enough for me to learn something in the marketing department."
Unexpectedly, Meng Gang changed the subject and said, "I can't give you an award, but I can treat you to a meal."
Mu Hanxia was stunned and looked up at him. He took out a cigaret and lit it. The smile in his eyes was still faint and calm, and she couldn't see thru it. "No, no, President Meng, you don't have to treat me to dinner. My contribution... is not that great." She said quickly.
Meng Gang was amused by her again, and took a puff of his cigaret and said, "Not even breakfast?"
================== Ten minutes later.
The two sat at a breakfast stall by the river. Meng Gang had driven her over.
At this time, the sun had completely emerged from the clouds, shining on the river surface, and a breeze was blowing. The stall owner had set up a few wooden tables and a stack of plastic chairs on the bank. Meng Gang was not particular either, and sat down opposite Mu Hanxia.
She ordered a bowl of noodles, and beef noodles at that, to show that she had already "fleeced" the boss. Meng Gang just smiled warmly and ordered a bowl of plain rice noodles for himself.
He ate quickly, and soon his bowl was empty. He put down his chopsticks, drank some hot water, and looked at her. Mu Hanxia had only eaten half of her meal. She smiled at him, then lowered her head and continued eating. The sun shone on her body, very warm. He lit another cigaret, and the smell of tobacco slowly surrounded the two of them. It wasn't unpleasant. "Mu Hanxia." He suddenly spoke, his voice slow and gentle, "What is your dream?"
Mu Hanxia was slightly stunned, and put down her chopsticks to look at him. His eyes were calm and warm, and he was obviously seriously exploring the answer to this question.
Mu Hanxia was silent for a moment, then answered, "President Meng, my dream may sound a little presumptuous. I want to take the college entrance examination again, get into a good university, and then go abroad."
Meng Gang seemed a little surprised and said, "Go abroad? Why?"
Mu Hanxia answered, "I don't know, I just want to go out and see."
Meng Gang was quiet for a while, then picked up the teapot next to him, filled her cup with water, and said word by word: "The bigger your heart is, the farther you can go. In my opinion, this is not a big deal for you. Do you understand, little girl?"
Mu Hanxia couldn't speak, and she gave a soft "mm" sound. Meng Gang didn't say anything more. He looked at her, his gaze deep and quiet. One of his hands was holding a cigaret, and it hung down below the table. His other hand was on the table, not far from hers. I don't know what she was thinking.
Although they had been alone together a few times, Mu Hanxia had always treated him as a leader, with a little bit of affection for him. This was the first time she had been stared at so quietly for so long. Her cheeks suddenly felt hot, and some emotions that were as messy as weeds were sprouting in her heart.
She lowered her head to avoid his gaze.
Then her hand was held by him.
The suddenness of it all left Mu Hanxia completely stunned. She could only feel her slightly cold hand being firmly wrapped in his broad hand, which was slightly calloused. Then she heard him say, "Boss, the money is on the table."
He took her hand and got up to leave. Mu Hanxia then realized what was happening. Her heart was beating like a drum. She wanted to pull her hand back, but he noticed and held it even tighter.
He turned his head to look at her. Mu Hanxia was a little tongue-tied: "President Meng... President Meng, why are you holding my hand? Let go."
She still wanted to play dumb, but Meng Gang just smiled, his eyes still deep and impenetrable.
"Little girl, don't be afraid." He only said one sentence. But the hand he held was obviously not going to let go.
Mu Hanxia felt as if she was walking thru flames, every step was tense and painful. She was confused, her whole person was confused. She couldn't bring herself to completely disregard Meng Gang's feelings and pull her hand away to break up with him. She could only let him hold her hand and walk step by step up the river embankment and toward the parking lot.
He held her hand all the time, his wheat-colored, rough and hard joints holding her soft hand in his palm. It only made Mu Hanxia's heart beat faster.
Fortunately, the car was not parked far away, and they finally reached it. Mu Hanxia felt relieved and quickly pulled her hand back when he took out the car key.
Meng Gang smiled faintly and said in a low voice, "Get in the car. President Meng will take you back."
Mu Hanxia didn't look at him, her whole face was red, and she got into the car. The two of them didn't speak on the way, and Mu Hanxia was in a daze. As soon as she arrived downstairs at her home, she immediately pulled open the car door and ran away.
The author has something to say: Dudu had a fever today, and I was busy all nite. Fortunately, I had a manuscript to protect me! In addition, about the first few chapters, why does "Miss Han" always appear? This is a mistake of Lao Mo. The situation is like this: originally, the heroine's name was set as "Mu Hanxia", and a bunch of readers complained that "it's too Mary Sue!" So when I was saving the manuscript, I changed all the names to "Han Xia". But before I started writing, I saw many readers leaving messages on my Weibo, writing the names of Lin Mocheng and Mu Hanxia together, and I felt that the readers had poured their feelings into them. So I decided not to change it again. Yes, I am such a fickle woman. I will carefully check the following chapters to avoid bugs. And, Meng Gang just stole the show in this chapter. Do you like him? I actually like him quite a bit. Writing a novel doesn't mean that everything revolves around the male and female protagonists. He is also a character I wanted to write about, and he is a very representative one. See you tomorrow!